hvorfor

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish huorfor, compare Old Norse fyrir hví (fyrir hví), Swedish varför, English wherefore, Dutch waarvoor, German wofür. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvofɔ/, [ˈʋɔ̽fɒ̽], /ˈvɔfɔ/, [ˈʋɒ̽fɒ̽], /vɔˈfɔ/, [ʋɒ̽ˈfɒ̽] === Adverb === hvorfor (interrogative) wherefore, why (formal, relative) for this reason ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: hvorfor →? Norwegian Nynorsk: korfor == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === kvifor, korfor (nynorsk) === Etymology === From Danish hvorfor, compare Swedish varför, English wherefore, Dutch waarvoor, German wofür. === Adverb === hvorfor wherefore, why